Oh Victoria, I can't tell you how much I did like that. You've sent shivers through me pronouncing my name. You've a very desirable way of speaking six plain words. What a beautiful idea and indeed, so very enjoyable moments listening to you and playing this game.Now for your disappointment....I don't recognize all the languages.The first, french, you read the second verse of Baudelaire.

The second, of course Italian.

The third, well as soon as you mentioned your Mother, it wasn't even necessary to listen to it, her beloved German.

The fourth, because I'm having fun and haven't a clue:Greek - that's what it is to me .....

The Fifth I say is Portuguese, because if I remember, that is your favorite language.

The sixth....I guess you know I saved that one, don't you? I do believe it will become my favorite words said in what has become my very favorite language, English with a British accent. Or as the British might say, it was said in English, not that stuff you colonials speak.

My most favorite post, even if I'm wrong about all of them and what a novel idea, much better than listing them in words.

You've sent shivers through me pronouncing my name. You've a very desirable way of speaking six plain words.

Wellll. I could mention that once I was accosted in a London club by a guy who left me his card.

He ran a phone sex racket, and said if I wanted to, I could make us both a small fortune oohing-and-ahhing to random guys on the phone. :)

(I was young, I needed the money...but I declined. Bah, I'm so square)

What a beautiful idea and indeed, so very enjoyable moments listening to you and playing this game.

I'm glad, Paul. :)

Now for your disappointment....I don't recognize all the languages.The first, french, you read the second verse of Baudelaire.

Bang on! Great job spotting the second verse at that.

The second, of course Italian.

"Italiano", si.

The third, well as soon as you mentioned your Mother, it wasn't even necessary to listen to it, her beloved German.

Too easy. :)

The fourth, because I'm having fun and haven't a clue:Greek - that's what it is to me .....

Now THIS is also interesting.

Remember how Ron mistook Portuguese for Russian?

Well! Greek and Spanish have the same "sh" sounds too!

So you are NOT at all as far off as you think.

Not for nothing the present Queen of Spain, born a Princess of Greece, speaks flawless Spanish, because as she herself said, both languages are very similar in pronunciation.

The Fifth I say is Portuguese, because if I remember, that is your favorite language.

You got it! Good memory too.

The sixth....I guess you know I saved that one, don't you?

A great compliment, love. Thanks. :)

I do believe it will become my favorite words said in what has become my very favorite language, English with a British accent. Or as the British might say, it was said in English, not that stuff you colonials speak.

Only toffee-nosed gits say that Paul. If you ever hear a Brit call you a colonial, tell him, "Victoria told me I should punch you in the nose".

Then level him.

If it's a her, well, throw her a dirty look.

My most favorite post, even if I'm wrong about all of them and what a novel idea, much better than listing them in words.

Thanks, Paul.

It was A LOT of fun, despite giving me headaches when I posted the wrong links, etc.

I know there is at least one speaker of each language on my blog, so if I made mistakes, they'll soon correct me.

Oh and for the record, my mother said the German one sounded like I was a suicidal Norwegian. :)

(Since I posted it so late, I'll leave it 'til noon tomorrow -- I'm cooking up a longish, hopefully more traditional post)

Oh, I have a phone sex story! A friend of mine got in trouble for spending $45,000 on phone sex! Yes, $45K! When he first told me this, I went through many logical questionings, (like, hey, you could pay for a lot of REAL sex for $45K!) but found that he was quite a repressed person about dealing with others, but, ah, the phone appeared to be free! Mucho therapy occured!

But I digress.

A while later, a group of 6 of us went to a newly opened Irish bar, which had an Irish waitress whose lilt frankly, ensorcelled me! When we all walked out later, and I pointed this out to my friend with the 'problem', his response was to say, "Yeah, I've paid for worse voices than that!"

Oh and for the record, my mother said the German one sounded like I was a suicidal Norwegian. :)

LOL! Praise only if you meant to sound like one, I suppose. How many languages can she speak? Mothers only need to speak one, really.Mine could speak Polish, if I was swore at ever, it was only with those words. I learned they were swear words because if I repeated them, I'd get smacked.

My, how I wish I was such a cunning---better not finish that thought! Back in the day, I dated an English girl whose mother would have simply said "Why can't they all just speak English?" I've liked the Brits ever since! You do know you have every guy hating Paul right now, don't you?

A friend of mine got in trouble for spending $45,000 on phone sex! Yes, $45K!

And this "friend" I hope could afford it, Ron, could you, I mean he? ;)

When he first told me this, I went through many logical questionings, (like, hey, you could pay for a lot of REAL sex for $45K!)

No kidding!

but found that he was quite a repressed person about dealing with others, but, ah, the phone appeared to be free! Mucho therapy occured!

You know, on the face of it, there is absolutely nothing "wrong" about phone sex -- even with a stranger. ;)

First, many people (let's face it, mostly men) have sexual needs that must be satisfied, or else dementia occurs.

And the reason that prostitutes throughout history, have done such booming business, is that they offer that release with none of the 'relationship' "hassle".

Phone sex is like that, but erm, yes, it's a remove from the actual physicality of touching your body to another's.

But I digress.

I read "I undress" for a moment.

A while later, a group of 6 of us went to a newly opened Irish bar, which had an Irish waitress whose lilt frankly, ensorcelled me! When we all walked out later, and I pointed this out to my friend with the 'problem', his response was to say, "Yeah, I've paid for worse voices than that!"

I shall, indeed. Although no doubt I will mangle it. I can read a bit of Spanish, my speak it, for real? Sadly, no.

My son's actually learning Spanish in kindergarten. (!) They have classes, with the actual language teacher at his school, twice a week.

But I think his actual motivation is his little "girlfriend" (of going on two years: I think he's going to be the doggedly loyal type, at least in the long run), whose mother speaks Spanish fluently, though a native Iowan, and whose father is Peruvian.

Ah, nothing like love for motivation ...

As for the "Keillor" part, I keep thing that TOO! My son's never heard that program, and my best friend's daughter denied the (obvious) connection.

She's a truthful child, but I don't believer her. It probably is just deeply embedded and therefore unconscious. I love my best friend of 33 years, but we are definitely the, well, definitive, well, definition of a yin-yang friendship.

As I tell my son (and no doubt he'll say it to me in Spanish one day), "Variety is the spice of life."

(Hmm, my dashboard widget tells me that's translated into Spanish as "La especia es la variedad de vida." I can see that's literal, but how well do those darn programs actually capture meaning and nuance? Not very, I suppose. But you would have an opinion, yes?)